Ohio Foreign Language Association

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Affiliates
Affiliates are generally language-specific groups associated with OFLA. The Affiliate members serve as liaisons to their respective organizations. In this way, OFLA and affiliate organizations communicate very closely.

Affiliate members also serve in various OFLA divisions, based on the mission and vision of the Association.
1 Pascale Abadie American Association of Teachers of French (Ohio)
2 Debbie Page American Association of Teachers of German (Ohio)
3 Jeannine Subisak Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese
4 Hiro Kawamura Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese
5 Franz Gruber Ohio Classical Conference

Organization

The OFLA Vision

Every Ohio student will be proficient in a second language, which is essential to a world-class education.

The OFLA Mission

The Ohio Foreign Language Association is committed to world language study beginning in the primary grades, so that every learner, from early childhood through adult, acquires a high level of communicative and intercultural competence.

The OFLA Strategic Plan

1. Establish clear expectations for foreign language learners.

2. Build the capacity of foreign language teachers to prepare learners to demonstrate their proficiency.

3. Build support for foreign language instruction among parents, policy leaders, the business community and opinion leaders in the media.

Affiliates



News Flash

Save the date! March 29-31, 2012 in Columbus, OH. OFLA's 50th Anniversary conference. Keynote speaker Toni Theisen.

Conference Information